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Let me tell you a story about one of our clients. Imagine a small bespectacled gentleman, about 5’6 tall, neatly dressed in a grey linen suit, with a style that pushes your mind to think of the Italian riviera. You are looking at Paulo, a humble quiet human being who, at heart, is a craftsman …

The Power of Rituals You may think that your Vision, meticulously built over time, will shape the future of your company but you would be wrong. Your daily habits are shaping your future, and have a far more significant influence than you might expect. A vision is a potent leadership tool that will help you, …

Organizations need leaders who will use the changes created by the pandemic, to challenge the status quo and look for new value because we are not going back to business-as-usual. Disruptions are very much part of the 21st-century competitive landscape, its time to blow up assumptions about teamwork, working practices, and creating meaningful work. Stop …

Team’s talk Research shows us that management teams are rarely performing as high-performance teams, and are often experienced as ineffective and unproductive by the team members. Frankly, we don’t need research to prove this; we all talk to colleagues and friends who complain about the way their management team works. They all describe issues of …

Why have a vision? We all possess the ability to create pictures in our minds, some of us more so than others, but generally we all talk about what we see in our minds. Vision is a powerful tool that has shaped great civilizations, built industrial leviathans and produced awe-inspiring art. Often these accomplishments come …

Getting past thinking “I AM RIGHT!” When we guess something, we generally believe we are right, or at least, almost right. The more familiar the content set or scenario is, the stronger this feeling becomes. This assumption is not rational; however, we can quickly generate a logical argument to support our hypotheses and position our …

The first step is to have a plan; sounds simple? Of course, any decent manager will have a plan usually consisting of early wins, delivering functional goals and proving that they were the right choice. Great leaders understand they are in it for the long haul and building a team requires the same due diligence as delivering …

Values act as a lens through which we interpret the world, and if you are a leader, they interpret how you judge those you lead. Your values will influence your decisions about people; who you promote and the kinds of activities you believe are worthy of your time. Despite this importance, few leaders choose …

Most people believe teams outperform individuals. However, this is not always the case, and certainly not when it comes to top teams. I have met many CEOs who have told me about their frustration trying to get their top executives to act as a team. They talk about silo thinking and lack of the four …

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​Chris is a renowned authority on sales and marketing. He has influenced 1000’s of sales professionals to change how they approach customers and build sustainable careers by embracing technology. ​

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Chris leads the team at MGL that is committed to enabling sales success for all our clients. His team helps our sales professionals integrate traditional sales process and digital media to save time, money and improve effectiveness. His success has been measured in the millions of dollar in additional revenues experienced by clients across the US and Europe. ​

CONSULTING
Chris provides clients advice on how to maximize digital content and fully integrate client engagement processes with all sales and marketing activities.

​Tim is an award-winning writer and speaker on leadership and coaching for performance. He has delivered over 1500 workshops in 42 countries to over 10,000 leaders.​

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS​
Tim has led teams that have built development programs for companies in 53 countries and 24 languages. Our Design thinking team utilizes empathy and experimentation to arrive at innovative solutions.​By using design thinking, we help our clients make decisions based on what managers want instead of relying only on historical data or making risky bets based on instinct instead of evidence.​

FACILITATION
Tim is a powerful facilitator who has helped hundreds of management teams solve problems and build shared vision of the future. Tim often facilitates discussion by designing bespoke workshops at Executive-management and Board-level.

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Mark is a lawyer by training, and former Chairman and CEO of a large manufacturing company. Mark has over 30-years-experience of international business development, project management, sales and marketing and customer service.

​Kostas is a Lecturer in Developmental Psychopathology at QUB and an Associate Professor in Personality Psychology at Tomsk State University in Russia. Kostas is researching the links between Mental Toughness and leadership success. He is a Director of the InteRRaCt Lab and an International Associate Member of InLab at Goldsmiths, and the Russian-British Behavioural Genetics Laboratory at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education.

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He is also a highly active member of the Princes’ Trust where he dedicates much of his free time to causes that support young people and entrepreneurship.

Strategic Business Advisor, Mentor, Chairman, NED
John was the Group Chief Risk Officer and an Executive Vice President at Fitch Group, Inc. with over 25 years experience in capital markets, general management, and macro research.